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" It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work. "

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Robin Williams

Celebrity

Never

" I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it. "

" Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier. "

" With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people. "

" There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win. "

" One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre. "

Robin Williams

Villains

Favourite

" In America they really do mythologise people when they die. "

" I've had a lot of people tell me they watched 'Old Dogs' with their kids and had a good time. "

Robin Williams

People

Dogs

" Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' "

" Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work! "

" I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born. "

" I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, 'My boy's got learnin'!' "

" My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled. "

" I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish. "

" The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running. "

Robin Williams

Does

Running

" The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. "

" Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party. "

" When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?' "

" I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia. "

" Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? "

" People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House. "

" You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks. "

" Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string. "

Robin Williams

Food

Green

" Carpe per diem - seize the check. "

" We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins. "

" What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong. "

" I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there. "

" Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly. "

" Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person. "

" Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started. "